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AI Ready Georgia is a statewide AI workforce and economic development program delivered by the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA) with a coalition of community partners across Georgia. The program takes Georgians, Georgia businesses, and Georgia communities from AI Ready to AI Enabled through free training, certificate, cohorts, and the Georgia AI Accelerator. Learn more on the About page.

Anyone in Georgia can participate as a learner, regardless of background or experience. Trainers apply for approved trainer status, organizations apply to become partners, and businesses apply to the Accelerator.

Much of it is. Our Free AI Training library of no-cost courses from leading AI companies, universities, and nonprofits is open to everyone, and AI Ready Fulton County is offered at no cost to people who live or work in Fulton County. Other programs are offered free or low-cost through coalition support, and pricing varies by program type.

The first hub is AI Ready Fulton County. More regional hubs across Georgia will be announced as the coalition grows.

AI Ready Fulton County is Georgia's first county-wide AI training and upskilling program, approved and funded by the Development Authority of Fulton County (Develop Fulton) and delivered with ETA and a coalition of program partners. The pilot runs October 2026 through April 2027, with a goal of getting at least 500 Fulton County residents AI Certified. Details are on the Fulton County page.

Anyone who lives or works in Fulton County. On the sign-up form, you'll tell us whether you live, work, or both live and work in Fulton County, and give a home or work ZIP code in the county. If you're elsewhere in Georgia, request access statewide instead.

Nothing. AI Ready Fulton County is offered at no cost to learners. Seats are limited and registration is required.

Go to aireadygeorgia.org/fulton-county and complete the sign-up form. It takes a few minutes. We review every request and follow up by email with your cohort options and next steps.

Three foundation certificates issued by ETA: AI Explorer (2 training hours), AI Empowered Professional (4 hours), and AI Empowered Leader (8 hours). Each certificate has its own cohort with peer and partner advisors. Additional role-based, tool-based, and industry-based credentials will be added over time.

Both. Every cohort has online and in-person options, and you can learn at your own pace or alongside others. In-person locations in Fulton County are announced on a rolling basis, so check the Fulton County page and Events for the latest.

New cohorts launch every month through April 2027. Dates are announced on a rolling basis. Sign up and we'll let you know when your cohort opens.

Yes. There are three ways to get involved: request a seat as a learner, sign up to become a trainer, or bring AI training to your community or organization. Choose any that apply on the Fulton County sign-up form, or contact us.

Point residents to aireadygeorgia.org/fulton-county to sign up, and to this section (aireadygeorgia.org/faqs#fulton-county) for answers. Questions the site doesn't answer can go through our contact form.

You earn the three foundation certificates with training hours: 2 hours unlocks AI Explorer, 4 hours unlocks AI Empowered Professional, and 8 hours unlocks AI Empowered Leader, each with a profile badge on your dashboard. Hours count from in-person AI Ready Georgia workshops and events, the courses in our Free AI Training library, and training through an AI Ready Georgia approved training partner. Log your hours and our team verifies them.

Yes. The hours you earn for AI Explorer also count toward AI Empowered Professional and AI Empowered Leader. Once you've earned the foundation certificates, you can stack additional hours toward specialized certificates (such as Microsoft Master, Claude Master, and ChatGPT Master).

A certificate is the credential you earn: AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional, or AI Empowered Leader, plus specialized certificates after that. A program type is how you learn: workshops (virtual and in person), cohorts (learning in community), or certificate cohorts (credentials paired with a peer cohort). You can choose the combination that fits you.

They are two different credentials, and you can work toward both at the same time. AI Ready Georgia certificates (AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional, and AI Empowered Leader) are earned with training hours from any approved training, so workshops, free courses, and partner training all count. The ETA Applied AI Professional Certificate is a deeper, assessed certificate from the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA), one of the training providers in our course catalog. It has six self-paced courses, about 14 hours, in three levels. Every module ends with a knowledge check, every course ends with a final assessment, and Level 3 ends with a capstone reviewed by ETA.

Start with Level 1: Foundations, which is free in the course catalog. Finish both Level 1 courses, then continue to Level 2: Practitioner and Level 3: Advanced, which you take on joineta.org. Finish all three levels, including the Level 3 capstone, to earn the certificate.

Level 1: Foundations is free. Level 2: Practitioner and Level 3: Advanced are included with ETA Pro membership and above. Without a membership, each level is $149, or $249 for both, on joineta.org.

Level 1 courses you finish here are recorded as training hours on your dashboard, like any other course in the catalog. Levels 2 and 3 are taken on joineta.org, so their hours are recorded on your ETA account there. To count them here too, log your hours and our team verifies them.

Cohorts include AI for SMB, AI for Me, AI for Nonprofits, AI for Executives, AI for Manufacturing, AI for Economic Development, AI for Public Sector, AI Security Leaders, AI for Seniors, AI for Job Seekers, AI for Educators, and AI for Students. Every cohort includes an AI certificate. Join the waitlist on the Cohorts page.

Sign in and open My Dashboard. Earned certificates appear there with a shareable link.

Click Request Access and share a few basics. New learners are approved on a rolling basis. Once approved, you'll receive an intro email with links and next steps for online and in-person learning. If you live or work in Fulton County, use the Fulton County sign-up instead.

No. We ask for a LinkedIn profile because it helps us match you to cohorts, partners, and opportunities, but it's optional. If you don't have one, check "I don't have a LinkedIn account" on the form and the field is no longer required.

Choose Student or Retired under Current Status on the sign-up form. Job title and organization are then no longer required. Students can add their school if they'd like.

Go to Sign In and enter the email you signed up with. We'll send you a secure sign-in link, so there's no password to remember.

Yes. AI Ready Georgia welcomes educators, industry practitioners, and workforce development professionals to apply as approved trainers. See the Trainers page for details.

Apply through the Partners page. We work with universities, research institutions, employers, nonprofits, civic organizations, and technology partners across Georgia.

A tailored AI education and implementation program for Georgia organizations, with tracks for startups, small business, midmarket, enterprise, nonprofits, government, research and education, and public-private partnerships. See the Accelerator page for details.

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